@futurebird @david_chisnall @AnarchoNinaAnalyzes Because, well, the self deportation is similar to the way that Indigenous people are treated as being from somewhere else despite being here first.

Coming from California myself I am horrified to see how no one* seems to understand that the hispanic population (immigrants or not) are woven into the fabric of the state (as well as often having Indigenous roots too). So, it feels like a direct continuation of gold rush era tactics.

*media reports

@futurebird @david_chisnall @AnarchoNinaAnalyzes Even if that space is more ideological than physical.

The broken treaties, the use of random racists to be foot soldiers with dreams of conquest in their eyes and various version of small pox blankets by just disregarding hygenic needs and putting people in a place where mosquitos may bring something horrid.

It is obviously "different" but it is just the same too. Its the legacy of that.

@futurebird @david_chisnall @AnarchoNinaAnalyzes I find myself screaming that we're just seeing the sorts of things that happened to the Indigenous population happening again with weirder optics.

Its easier to talk about Nazis than it is to talk about how this looks similar to the roots of our country because these folks in power actively don't want that discussion. But, we're just picking up that same operating manual.

Pushing people out of areas those in power want to have access to...

@Catvalente It is good to take the time you need for you.

It is always heartbreaking to see creative folks burn out trying to produce on a schedule that isn't flexible enough for them to be people outside their work.

I hope you give yourself the headspace and rest you need.